Quartz Literary
Literary Magazine
Quartz Literary seeks fiction and poetry that reflects and fractures. We want to see cracked versions of ourselves. Give us sharpness, but also beauty. Make us feel seen and allow us to discover something new about ourselves.
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Highlights
- Vibe:Send us your best but less intimidating
- Response time: six months*/Editor reported data114 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: / 3.45%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Pays$30 per piece
Find more details in the Genres section
Fee$3.8-$4.8
Find more details in the Genres section
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
From the editors
yes
Has examples online
Offers expedited response
What's that?
Expedited submission: When the magazine offers a faster response time for an extra fee
Fiction - 6000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Sub Genres: Literary, Magical Realism
Submission fee: $ 4.8
Payment: $ 30 per piece
Fiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Sub Genres: Literary, Magical Realism
Submission fee: $ 4.8
Payment: $ 30 per piece
Nonfiction - 6000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Submission fee: $ 4.8
Payment: $ 30 per piece
Nonfiction - 1000 words max
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Submission fee: $ 4.8
Payment: $ 30 per piece
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Submission fee: $ 4.8
Payment: $ 30 per piece
Art
Max pieces: 5
Submission fee: $ 3.8
Payment: $ 30 per piece
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
No cover letter advice
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
We don't have formatting requirements for this magazine
Author's rights
We don't have rights information for this magazine
Additional info
Payment/copies. We pay one contributor copy and $30 for each selected story/essay/poem/piece of art. With our expedited response, we will get back to you in 1-7 days. We mostly read literary fiction, but are also open to magical realism, surrealism, experimental, and literary works with mild genre elements.
Tracker statistics
42
Total submissions tracked
114 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
4 days
Fastest response time
139 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 697 days
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